Buffalo Sabres vs Vegas Golden Knights
Regular season · Monday, December 19, 2022 · T-Mobile Arena
ATTSN-RM · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 on Monday, December 19, 2022 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Sabres 43-18.
Goals came from Jeff Skinner, Tage Thompson, Lawrence Pilut, Chandler Stephenson and Reilly Smith.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 41 saves on 43 shots for the win; Adin Hill stopped 15 of 18.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Jeff Skinner (16)Alex Tuch (20), Lawrence Pilut (2)1–001:53 BUF
Tage Thompson (26)Casey Fitzgerald (3)2–007:15 BUF
Lawrence Pilut (1)Kyle Okposo (10), Peyton Krebs (4)3–013:28 BUF
3rd period
Chandler Stephenson (8)Michael Amadio (2), Alec Martinez (5)3–103:54 VGK
Reilly Smith (17)Alex Pietrangelo (20), William Karlsson (16)3–217:38 VGK
Team stats
BUFVGK
18Shots on goal43
44%Faceoff %56%
0/1Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes2
16Hits13
15Blocked shots9
10Giveaways6
13Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 03:59
Keegan Kolesar · boarding2 min - 1st 08:18
Ilya Lyubushkin · boarding2 min - 1st 13:58Ilya Lyubushkin · interference2 min
- 3rd 09:47Mattias Samuelsson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 13:03Kyle Okposo · ps tripping on breakaway0 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 20Lawrence PilutD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 13:31 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:02 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:22 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:26 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 17:57 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:44 |
| 45Casey FitzgeraldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 15:33 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:46 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:45 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:18 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:29 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:23 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:22 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:27 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28:30 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29:03 |
| 38Kale ClagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:45 |
| 46Ilya LyubushkinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | W | 43 | 41 | 2 | .953 | 60:00 |
| 41Craig AndersonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 19Reilly SmithR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 22:28 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:20 |
| 22Michael AmadioC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:34 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:56 |
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 28:43 |
| 23Alec MartinezD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 20:07 |
| 8Phil KesselC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 08:33 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:54 |
| 15Jake LeschyshynC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 06:29 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:33 |
| 46Jonas RondbjergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:34 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:24 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 22:41 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22:39 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:25 |
| 14Nicolas HagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:46 |
| 17Ben HuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:58 |
| 42Daniil MiromanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Adin HillG | L | 18 | 15 | 3 | .833 | 57:28 |
| 36Logan ThompsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |